Comments on: Will the average PC run Vista? http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2006/04/19/will-the-average-pc-run-vista/ XPloring the alternatives Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Bud http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2006/04/19/will-the-average-pc-run-vista/#comment-39309 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:42:48 +0000 http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2006/04/19/will-the-average-pc-run-vista/#comment-39309 go download a linux distro, they are much better with less compentent hardware :> go download a linux distro, they are much better with less compentent hardware :>

]]> by: Jon S http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2006/04/19/will-the-average-pc-run-vista/#comment-748 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:30:54 +0000 http://www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org/2006/04/19/will-the-average-pc-run-vista/#comment-748 Simply put, No. I have run Vista Beta builds from first release to current, and am working on Longhorn Server that came out in this months Technet on various PC’s, 1 Latitude Laptop D610, 2 Optiplex GX 270 and 280, and a Precision 560. All PC’s were not considered “Vista Ready” with the exception of the GX 280 and after testing various things on each there are massive amounts of issues from extreme instability, install issues, driver issues, antivirus issues, down to simple application issues that wont run even if they are included with the Vista OS (Especially build 5308 both 32 and 64 bit) My poor laptop barley works, and when it does it has issues after a short time. I had hoped that Windows Update for Vista would resolve some of the issues but unfortunately the system cant install them on a non Vista ready PC. Simply put, No.

I have run Vista Beta builds from first release to current, and am working on Longhorn Server that came out in this months Technet on various PC’s, 1 Latitude Laptop D610, 2 Optiplex GX 270 and 280, and a Precision 560. All PC’s were not considered “Vista Ready” with the exception of the GX 280 and after testing various things on each there are massive amounts of issues from extreme instability, install issues, driver issues, antivirus issues, down to simple application issues that wont run even if they are included with the Vista OS (Especially build 5308 both 32 and 64 bit) My poor laptop barley works, and when it does it has issues after a short time. I had hoped that Windows Update for Vista would resolve some of the issues but unfortunately the system cant install them on a non Vista ready PC.

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